Aphrodite's main attendants were the three Charites, and the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, named as Aglaea (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Good Cheer), and Thalia (Abundance). Eros is often seen as Aphrodite's son, but is not. Humiliated, Aphrodite returned to Cyprus, where she was attended by The Charites.Īphrodite is often accompanied by Eros, the God of Lust and Sexual desire. Hephaestus brought all The Gods to laugh at the captured adulterers, but Apollo, Hermes, and Poseidon had sympathy for Ares, and Poseidon agreed to pay Hephaestus for Ares's release.
The next time they had sex, the net trapped them both. The sun-god Helios saw Aphrodite and Ares having sex in Hephaestus's bed and warned Hephaestus, who fashioned a net of gold. After forced into marrying Hephaestus, Aphrodite was frequently unfaithful to him, with many lovers.Īphrodite and Ares became lovers during The Trojan War. Hephaestus was overjoyed to be married to the goddess of beauty and forged her beautiful jewelry. Or possibly, Hephaestus gave his mother Hera a golden throne, but when she sat on it, she was trapped and he refused to let her go until she agreed to give him Aphrodite's hand in marriage. Zeus hastily married Aphrodite to Hephaestus the god of blacksmiths and metalworking in order to prevent the other gods from fighting over her. and the Meliae emerged from the drops of his blood. She was born near the island of Cyprus, after Cronus cut off his father, Uranus' genitals and threw them into the sea, and from the aphros (sea foam) arose Aphrodite. Her major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. Aphrodite is the Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation.
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